Gulston Melanie K, Rubtsov Denis V, Atherton Helen J, Clarke Kieran, Davies Kay E, Lilley Kathryn S, Griffin Julian L
The Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QW, UK.
J Proteome Res. 2008 May;7(5):2069-77. doi: 10.1021/pr800070p. Epub 2008 Apr 3.
Muscle degeneration in the heart of 1-9 month-old mdx mice (a model for Duchenne muscular dystrophy) has been monitored using metabolomic and proteomic approaches. In both data sets, a pronounced aging trend was detected in control and mdx mice, and this trend was separate from the disease process. In addition, the characteristic increase in taurine associated with dystrophic tissue is correlated with proteins associated with oxidative phosphorylation and mitochondrial metabolism.